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单词 Patagonia
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Definition of Patagonia in English:

Patagonia

proper nounˌpatəˈɡəʊnɪəˌpædəˈɡoʊniə
  • A region of South America, in southern Argentina and Chile. Consisting largely of a dry barren plateau, it extends from the Colorado River in central Argentina to the Strait of Magellan and from the Andes to the Atlantic coast.

Origin

From obsolete Patagon, denoting a member of a native people alleged by travellers of the 17th and 18th cents to be the tallest known.

Rhymes

Amazonia, ammonia, Antonia, Babylonia, begonia, bonier, Catalonia, catatonia, Cephalonia, Estonia, Ionia, Laconia, Livonia, Macedonia, mahonia, pneumonia, pogonia, Rondônia, sinfonia, Snowdonia, valonia, zirconia
 
 

Definition of Patagonia in US English:

Patagonia

proper nounˌpadəˈɡōnēəˌpædəˈɡoʊniə
  • A region of South America, in southern Argentina and Chile. Consisting largely of a dry barren plateau, it extends from the Colorado River in central Argentina to the Strait of Magellan and from the Andes to the Atlantic coast.

Origin

From obsolete Patagon, denoting a member of a native people alleged by travelers of the 17th and 18th centuries to be the tallest known.

 
 
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